Islam in History and Politics

Perspectives from South Asia

Asim Roy

Contributors are very distinguished academicians

Interdisciplinary study

Islam in History and Politics

Perspectives from South Asia

Asim Roy

Description

The book discusses the meaning of Islam and Muslim community and the changing nature of Muslim consciousness, from the colonial state to near contemporary times in South Asia. It canvasses the background dynamics which were variously involved and played out in the Partition of India in 1947 and demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992 respectively. The volume has contributions from some very distinguished academicians like Francis Robinson, Ian Copland, I.J. Catanach, Hew McLeod, Javeed Alam, Kate Britlebank, etc.

Islam in History and Politics

Perspectives from South Asia

Asim Roy

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction 1. Religions Change and the Self in Muslim South Asia Since 1800 - Francis Robinson2. The Composite Culture and its Historiography - Javeed Alam3. Impact of Islamic Revival and Reform in Colonial Bengal and Bengal Muslim Identity: A Revisit - Asim Roy4. Islamic Responses to the Fall of Srirangapattana and the Death of Tipu Sultan (1799) - Kate Brittlebank5. South Asian Muslims and the Plague 1896c. 1914 - I.J. Catanach6. Islam and the Moral Economy: The Alwar Revolt of 1932 - Ian Copland7. Coexistence and Communalism the Shrine of Pirana in Gujarat - Dominique-Sila Khan and Zawahir Moir8. Sikhs and Muslims in the Punjab - Hew McLeod9. Ethnicity, Islam and National Identity in Pakistan - Adeel Khan10. Islamization and Democratization in Pakistan: Implications for Women and Religious Minorities - Samina Yasmeen11. Salience of Islam in South Asian Politics: Pakistan and Bangladesh by Asim RoyContributors

Islam in History and Politics

Perspectives from South Asia

Asim Roy

Author Information

Asim Roy is Professor, School of History and Classics, University of Tasmania.